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    "speaker_name": "Mandera West, UDM",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Yusuf Adan",
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    "content": " Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I also stand to support and clear some issues that have been discussed here as far as gambling is concerned. It was raised here by one of the speakers that some Islamic countries have made these laws and are making a lot of money out of them. I want to clear the air by saying that gambling is illegal in Islam. It is haram . It is not allowed. Whoever or whichever government is allowing it is doing it as government. It should not be taken as having been allowed by Islam. On the other hand, gambling is a continuous thing all over the world. Even in this country, many people are gambling day in and day out. Some people gamble at the expense of their families’ survival. You see people stealing money or borrowing money to gamble to get rich in a few seconds, minutes or hours. Ultimately, what normally happens is that the person loses the money that he or she might have stolen or borrowed. It could be the little money that could have fed his family and children that day. The person then gets frustrated with a mental breakdown and you see the person walking on the streets and collecting rubbish just because he got involved in the illegal, haram, thing that is not allowed anywhere in this world. For this to be stopped, the Government of Kenya should tax it very heavily. Instead of taxing fuel and other things very heavily, these are the sorts of things that need to be taxed. They should be taxed so heavily to an extent of maybe 30 or 40 per cent so that many of the people will be out of the market and their betting reduced. Of course, it will never end. Some people are too much addicted to it. They will continue doing it. With high taxation, the number of Kenyans negatively affected because of too much involvement in gambling will reduce drastically. Hence, we shall have more healthy persons on our streets. These are the people who can support their families with other ways and means. With those remarks, I support."
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